Frame for buildings



Oct. 29, 1929. L, PURDY' 1,733,169

FRAME FOR BUILDINGS Filed Dec. 8. 1926 /o M 45 7- B1 10 PM M I Fig.4.

3 "II I 9 FREDERICK L.PURDY Fig.3. A4 a Patented Oct. 29, 1929 FREDERICKL. PUBDY, OF COLUMBUS, OHIO FRAME FOR BUILDINGS Application filedDecember 8, 1926. Serial No. 153,851.

This invention relates to the construction of buildings and particularlyof dwellings and such as are designed to have their frames or skeletonsof steel or iron, and the invention '5' has for its object moreespecially to provide improvements in details whereby the skeleton isquickly erected, made stronger, perhaps more economically and provisionmade for concealing the pipes or conductors for water,

gas, electricity or other commodities or services.

Owing to the high cost of lumber and skilled labor it has been proposedto effect economies by erecting a skeleton for a building made up ofsmall metallic members or frames of standard material and varieddimensions that can be united by bolts or other simple fastenings notrequiring skilled labor and u on this skeleton to apply the weatherexcluing and other covering materials.

However, as far as I am aware such proposals did not, except in thepatent of the United States issued to me October 26, 1926, No.1,604,605, include any or adequate provision for concealing theconductors of domestic commodities aforesaid. My present improvement,therefore, aims principally to provide preformed standardized frames orunits that when assembled and secured together form at once both theinterior and exterior surfaces for applying the wall coverings, saidframes bein also of such construction that passages an room for theconcealing of the conductors are at the same time provided. Otherobjects and advantages of the invention will be apparent from thedisclosure herein.

The invention is embodied in the example herein shown and described thefeatures of novelty being finally claimed.

In the accompanying drawing- Figure 1 is a perspective view of a frameof a dwelling according to my invention showing several forms of thecomponent frames and how they can be assembled and united to form theskeleton.

Fig. 2 is a horizontal section on an enlarged scale throu h two wholeand two fractions of the units s owin in clearer detail how the framesare unite and the interior and exterior coverings are applied.

Fig. 3 is a view in face elevation, broken out horizontally, showing oneof the frames such as shown in Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is an edge view of the frame as shown in Fig. 3. 5:

In the views, and referring first to Figs. 2, 3 and 4, the frame unit ormember is of open rectangular parallelopiped form having its oppositelarge faces provided with openings 10, 10, and its vertical ends withopenings such as 11, 11, and its top and bottom with openings such asseen at 12, 12. All the corners of the frames are like anglebars withtheir backs outermost. If the frame be of considerable width, there areprovided at each face of the unit an intermediate vertical stiffener ofT-bar form, as shown at 13. The ends and tops and bottoms of these.frames can be made of rolled plate of LI -form shown and then out toform the openings and joints and united at the corners by welding or byrivets 14 with corner pieces 15, the intermediate T-stifi'eners beingadded. The frames as thus formed can be united along their vertical endsand top to the bottom by bolts with nuts, the bolts 16 being passedthrough holes such as shown at 17 as fastened with nuts 18 as shown inFig. 2. The face webs of the frames. can be perforated as seen at 19 toreceive fastenings for holding the plaster lath or other materials forreceiving the plaster or other coverings. It will be observed that theopenings 10, 10, effect a saving of material while the openings 11, 11,and 12, 12, save material and also provide for vertical and horizontalextension respectively of conductors for the commodities referred to,such pipes being shown at 20 and 21 respectively. It will also be notedthat when these unit frames are connected in vertical tiers the endsthereof form vertical columns of great strength and rigidity.

The unit frames described can be made of different form and size. Forexample they can be made long and of square cross section, as shown at22, to form plates to be anchored at 23 to the top of the foundationwall 24 and similarl at 23 to constitute the second floor plate. T eycan also be made short as at 26' to fit between verticalftiers to form awindow opening as shown'at 27.

The floor beams 28 in such structures can beofthe type known as barjoists, the ends of which. are supported on suitable shelf an Ice. e nFig. 2 the exterior wall covering is shown as having stucco 29 oninsulating boards 30 and metal lath 32, while the interior covering isplaster 31 on lath or insulating base wired or otherwise fastened to theframe.

, The term wall used in the claims is intend ed to include partitionsand other Wall-like constructions.

The frames and other parts can be manufactured in a facto andtransported to the place where the building is to be erected forassembling.- It will be observed that when the frames are united thesurfaces to receive 0 the exterior and interior coverings are bothformed at the same time; and because the frames are open at their facesample access for the workmen to apply the securing devices and make thenecessary connections in conductors is provided.

The forms ofthe parts can be changed without departing from the gist ofthe invention as claimed.

What I claim is:

so A A member for constructing a skeleton for the wall of a building,said member consisting of an open frame having rims formed of four inteal metallic lates of horizontally exten ed Ll-shape in cross sectionunited at their ends with their backs outward and forming a structure ofparallelopiped form, said plates provided with openings rmitting thepassa e of conductors vertica ly and horizontally t rough said member,and the rims thereof adapted to be united directly to other similar rimsto form the skeleton, and the faces of said member when in the skeletonadapted to receive internal and external wall coverings.

FREDERICK L. PURDY.

